Posts Tagged ‘Shamantis’

Slow Death

Wednesday, August 18th, 2010

J. BIEBZ – U SMILE 800% SLOWER by Shamantis

The super slowed-down version of Justin Bieber’s “U Smile” does, I admit, sound pretty cool (though it also sounds surprisingly random, as if someone were just pushing buttons on a sampler while either stoned or bored out of their mind). But it sets a terrible precedent. Soon the internet will be jam-packed with these things, as various kneejerk creators search for the worst possible song they can find to convert into an unrecognizable ambient “composition”. Perhaps they should go in the opposite direction, and create something more like this. Then they could get David Lynch to direct the video.

Just as a side note, I find it interesting that this should appear just as “U Smile” was starting to get a promotional push as Bieber’s next single. Is that just Shamantis’s way of promoting himself, or is something going on under the table? Are Bieber’s handlers that smart? Or is Shamantis (whoever he is) that desperate?